give someone the arm

Verb

 * 1)  To direct the bras d'honneur obscene gesture at someone.
 * 2) * 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
 * Pentangeli walks out of the restaurant; there's a little tension between the bodyguards of the two factions.
 * ROSATO (O.S.) Hey, Five-Angels...
 * He gives him the arm.
 * Frankie's face turns red, like he wants to have it out here and now; but Willy Cicci calms his down, and they all make their move out.